Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive demonstrating loss of finish throughout

demonstrating loss of finish throughout the metal fixtures

with minor verdigris visible

A medal bar for First World War service featuring four decorations

measuring 24 mm (w) x 430 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive demonstrating loss of finish throughout(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded and flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics